Triton XVIII, Lot: 255. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Agathokles Dikaios. Circa 185-175 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.17 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕOYΣ, Zeus standing facing, holding figure of Hekate in outstretched right hand, and scepter in left; Hekate holds torch in each hand; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 2B; Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; MIG Type 138a; Sunrise 226 (this coin). EF, toned, minor hairline flan split. Very rare.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 76 (12 September 2007), lot 941.